Guardant Health · 19 hours ago
Automation Service Engineer II
Redwood City, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$108K/yr - $148K/yr
2+ years expGuardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. The Automation Service Engineer II will support laboratory equipment, ensuring installations, maintenance, and repairs are conducted to maintain instrument reliability and up-time.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyTherapeutics
Responsibilities
Perform equipment installations, maintenance, repairs, and qualifications to ensure the highest level of instrument reliability and up-time
Monitor instrument metrics and advocate serviceability within cross-functional teams
Responsible for instrument up-time and ensuring that service documentation meets Guardant Heath's quality management system
Evaluate equipment performance trends to propose long-term solutions as needed
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and disseminate information by developing SOPs, checklists, and service bulletins
Contribute to the management of a maintenance and calibration system
Help end-users troubleshoot issues
Provide service and support during normal business hours, as well as after hours and on weekends as needed
Effectively communicate with third party service providers
Qualification
Required
A BS degree in an engineering or scientific discipline with 2-4 years of relevant work experience
Experience operating and troubleshooting Hamilton Liquid Handlers, Illumina Sequencers, Quadprint labelers, Bravo platform/heads, Multiflos, Precise robotic arms, Beckman Avanti J-15R centrifuges and other DNA quantification instruments are required
Experience authoring and executing PM, IQ, OQ, repair, and other service-related documentation
Experience developing and leading training programs to provide knowledge-transfer to other engineers and lab personnel
Experience working within a CLIA and GMP regulated environment
Experience standardizing processes for scalability and sustainability
Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with internal and external colleagues and customers from diverse scientific, engineering, operational, and regulatory disciplines
Ability to take part in an on-call rotation with after hours and weekend responses as needed
Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
Ability to work effectively in a team environment and build strong working relationships
High degree of initiative and self-motivation
Drive for continuous improvement
Experience with MS Office
Preferred
Liquid Handler programming experience is a plus
Robotics experience is a plus
Field service engineering experience is desirable
Company
Guardant Health
Guardant Health is a precision oncology company that uses blood tests, data sets, and analytics to provide treatment to cancer patients.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (38)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.53BKey Investors
Baillie GiffordSoftBank Vision FundOrbiMed
2025-11-05Post Ipo Equity· $284.4M
2025-11-05Post Ipo Debt· $350M
2023-12-21Post Ipo Equity· $90.7M
Leadership Team
AmirAli Talasaz
Co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Helmy Eltoukhy
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
2026-01-23
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